大三巴
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Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
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大 | 三巴 | |
Etymology
大 (dà) + Portuguese São Paulo.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsanba
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-san1-pa1
- Yale: Dà-sān-bā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahsanba
- Palladius: Дасаньба (Dasanʹba)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 saam1 baa1
- Yale: daaih sāam bā
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 saam1 baa1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 sam1 ba1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² saːm⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
大三巴
- Short for 大三巴牌坊 (“Ruins of St. Paul's”).